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Nursing homes show uneven gains(By Alice Dembner and Bill Dedman, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent, 12/13/04)Two years after the Bush administration began publicly grading nursing homes in an effort to improve quality, a Boston Globe analysis of federal records indicates progress in some areas of patient care, but no gains in others.
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 The extremes in Mass.Each home's performance on each of eight quality measures was ranked relative to other Mass. homes. Then the rankings for each home were averaged and compared with the averages for other homes. |
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Mass. nursing homes
In November 2002, the Bush administration began posting quality scores all nursing homes, showing the percentage of residents suffering from problems. |
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Choosing a facility The following resources may be helpful in selecting a nursing home. Advocates say the most important step is to visit the home at different times of day, observe the care, and speak with residents. |
